25 Days of Christmas Cookies: Day 19 Toasted Oatmeal Cookies

We have all tried oatmeal cookies before, but this recipe takes it up a notch.  Now this one takes a little longer because you have to toast the oatmeal and then let it cool.  So mix these up when you have some time or either toast the oatmeal one day and mix the next.  I think you will like these.  Toasting the oatmeal and the pecans adds a little nuttiness to their flavor. 

Looks like an ordinary oatmeal cookie but it is not. 

The recipe calls for raisins but if you don't like them you don't have to put them.  You could add cranberries or neither if you like.

Start by melting a stick of butter in a 15x10 or jellyroll pan.  Now when I make these again I might melt it in a microwave safe bowl in the microwave.

Chop 1 cup pecans

The butter is melted

Add 3 cups regular oats

Add the pecans.  Now mix them well.  I think they would get coated better in a bowl instead of the pan.

Spread out evenly on the pan and bake in a preheated 425 oven for 15-18 minutes.  Stir them often.  I didn't leave mine in that long because the pecans were beginning to get dark and the corner pieces got a little too toasted.  Just watch them.

3/4 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup sugar.  Mix well with 2 sticks of softened butter

Add 1 egg

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

The first stirring of the oats.

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour.  Mix well.

1 cup raisins.

Let the oats cool completely.  I ended up spreading them out to cool.  Add to the flour mixture.

Scoop up and flash freeze before adding to a zip lock bag.  When baking bake in a 375 oven for 10-12 minutes.

Now this is a good cookie.  Nice and golden brown.

Toasted Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

1/2 cup melted butter
3 cups regular oats
1 cup chopped pecans

3/4 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 sticks softened butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup raisins

Preheat oven to 375 bake for 10-12 minutes.

25 Days of Christmas Cookies: Day 21 White Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

These are peanut butter cookies with some white chocolate thrown in.  These are just like a soft chewy peanut butter cookie without the fork prints.  I think you will like these if you are a fan of peanut butter.  If you wanted to get fancy you could melt some additional white chocolate and drizzle it across the top.

I found these plates that my mother in law painted the other day when I was getting out some Thanksgiving things and thought they would be good for displaying my sample cookies. 

Basic peanut butter cookie recipe.

Start with 2 softened sticks of butter

3/4 cup brown sugar and 1 cup sugar

Mix well.

2 eggs

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoons baking powder

2 cups peanut butter

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 2/3 cups white chocolate chips

Sorry for the sun.  It is shines right onto my countertop in the afternoons when I want to bake.  They are ready to go in the freezer.

Be sure and label your bag with the name and temperature and time.

Take a break and enjoy a warm cookie this afternoon. 

White chocolate chip peanut butter cookie recipe

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 sticks softened butter

1 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

2 cups peanut butter

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

1 2/3 cups white chocolate chips.

You can roll the cookies in 1/2 cup of sugar if you like

Preheat oven to 350 and bake for 14-15 minutes. 

25 Days of Christmas Cookies: Day 22 Cranberry Orange Cookies

Cranberries and oranges are two of the flavors that define Christmas. These are easy to make and are freezable.  Make up a batch or two and put in the freezer for warm cookies when company stops by.

There's orange peel in the cookie and the cookie is rolled in some as well. 

You can use fresh orange peel but I had some dried and it worked just as well.

Start with 3/4 cup softened butter.

1 cup sugar.

Cream them together until fluffy.

Add 1 egg

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 Tablespoon orange zest.  This is the dried kind. It smells really good.

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup dried cranberries, chopped.

Now in another bowl add 1/2 cup sugar

1 Tablespoons orange zest

Stir well.

Scoop the cookies into balls

Then roll in the sugar mixture.

Mine are ready to be put in the freezer to flash freeze.

Put in a labeled bag and put in the freezer.  When you are ready to bake preheat oven to 350.  Bake for 10-13 minutes.  It might take an extra minute if they are frozen. 

Bake and enjoy.  Or share with friends and family.

Cranberry Orange Cookies Recipe

3/4 cup softened butter

1 cup sugar

1 egg

2 cups all purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 cup dried cranberries chopped

1 Tablespoons orange zest

Rolling Sugar

1/2 cup sugar

1 Tablespoon orange zest